Moog’s portable 1970’s suit case synthesizer Moog produced many instruments during their various incarnations throughout the second half of the 20th century and continue to design and manufacture synthesizers to this very day. There were many ups and downs...

Roland’s lightweight monosynth from the 1980’s. Roland’s SH series are undoubtedly among the finest synthsizers ever made. Their sonic character has stood the test of time and they are sought after to this day despite the large number of new...

The flagship of Roland’s SH series synthesizers, the SH-7. Roland’s SH series are undoubtably some of the finest synthsizers ever made. They stand head and shoulders above most of their competition from that era for reliability and build quality and their...

One of the signature sounds of 80’s electronic pop music came from synths that you hit with a stick – Drum pads. Drum machines. They revolutionised pop music back in the ’80’s. The sound of the drum machines made by Roland, Linn, E-mu and...

The oscillator is the beating heart of a synthesizer, it is the humming bird that generates the raw musical tone that then leaves on a journey through the rest of the synthesizer‘s circuits and modules to create the final sound. It’s job is not inconsiderable, it...

The Electro-Harmonix EH-0400 Mini-Synthesizer: A surprising little synth with a big sound. Recently Craig bought an EH Mini-Synthesiser and after we gave it a service and check out we had a good play with it through a studio monitor system. We were surprised at just...